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GJB2 mutations in keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome including its fatal form.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2005
Janecke Andreas R, Hennies Hans Christian, Günther Barbara, Gansl Gabriele, Smolle Josef, Messmer Elisabeth M, Utermann Gerd, Rittinger Olaf
Abstract excerpt
Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome (KID; MIM 148210) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by vascularizing keratitis, sensorineural hearing loss (HL), and progressive erythrokeratoderma. Clinical variability including a fatal course of KID in the first year of life has been reported. Germline missense mutations in GJB2, encoding connexin-26, were recently found to cause KID in 14 unrelated juvenile and...
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